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Mr Clive Betts vs Sam Carling

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Mr Clive Betts
Mr Clive Betts
Lab Sheffield South East
vs
Photograph of Sam Carling
Sam Carling
Lab North West Cambridgeshire

Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Sam Carling voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 483 shared comparable votes.

483 same votes 0 different votes 483 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
58 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 103 shared votes
58 Aye 45 No
21 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 103 shared votes
58 Aye 45 No
21 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 281 of 650
Participation
89.5%
17% above average
Rank 26 of 650
1,841
2,413 eligible divisions
Total votes
561
627 eligible divisions
1,027
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
294
52.4% of votes cast
814
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
267
47.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 418 of 650
Appearances
61
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 650
54
-109.5 vs Commons average
Rank 522 of 650
Contributions
83
-80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 441 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£150,223
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£150,223
34% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#1
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
#4
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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